The indictments came the same day as the May primary and levy election.

According to the Hamilton County Prosecutor’s Office:

• Allen is charged with attempting to vote by requesting an absentee voter ballot, despite being a resident of Florida. She hasn’t lived in Ohio since 2009.

• Strickland is charged with registering to vote and then voting early at the Board of Elections’ Office despite being a resident of Tennessee. In a February Board of Elections hearing about the matter, Strickland’s daughter told the board her mother visits six months each year.

• Wilson is charged with registering to vote and then voting early at the Board of Elections’ Office using a fictitious address. According to board of elections officials, he lives in Northern Kentucky, but registered from an Ohio address and voted in Hamilton County.

“Our democracy is built on our lawful right to vote,” Prosecutor Joe Deters said. “Everyone’s vote is weakened when some people decide to disobey the law.”

The charges come as the county Elections Board continues to investigate voter anomalies in the 2012 election. There is disagreement among the four board members about whether all voter anomalies should be referred to the prosecutor’s office for investigation. A decision on that matter is pending.

The board has previously sent seven other cases of suspected fraud to the prosecutor for review, Board of Elections records show.

Board of Elections Chairman and Hamilton County Democratic Party Chairman Tim Burke has long said there is no evidence of systemic fraud.

In the 2012 November election, 421,997 votes were cast, according to Board of Elections records, the cases represent a tiny fraction of votes.

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“What we’re demonstrating is that if you do violate the law, there are consequences,” Burke said.

Burke, a lawyer, does quarrel with Strickland’s indictment, pointing to testimony that showed she lives in Ohio half the year.

Hamilton County Republican Party Chairman and Board of Elections member Alex Triantafilou disagrees. He said the charges show “people are seeking to defraud the system.”

“It should cause people some level of concern,” he said. “We’re going to keep on investigating. Make no mistake, there is more work to be done here.”

Tuesday’s indictments are in addition to three previous people with charged vote-related fraud in the same election.

Sister Marguerite Kloos, a 55-year-old nun from Delhi Township, pleaded guilty April 16 to illegal voting. She voted via absentee ballot for another nun, who died before she had a chance to vote.

Kloos was put into a diversion program, where her record will be erased if she stays out of trouble.

Richardson, a former poll worker, is charged with eight counts of illegal voting. She is accused of voting twice in November's election and for relatives in various other elections. She faces up to 12 years in prison.

Glassop is charged with one count of illegal voting. He is accused of voting for his deceased wife via absentee ballot.